How did Lenin rise to power in Russia in 1917?

He was the revolutionary thinker behind the USSR idea (a.k.a. The Great Soviet Union), fought to materialize it and masterminded the Bolshevik bloody takeover of power in Russia after World War One. read more

Germany did let Lenin cross from Switzerland and arrive in Russia via Sweden. (Passing through Finland, then still part of the Russian Empire.) Germany wanted Lenin to take Russia out of the war, which Lenin freely admitted. read more

In 1917, exhausted by World War One, Tsarist Russia was a wreck. It was the perfect chaos moment for Lenin to return home. Germany, in effort to destabilize Russia, helped send Lenin back to Russia. read more